ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,221, issued on Sept. 30.
"Trash liner retainer apparatus" was invented by Erik Chan (Orinda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for securing a trash liner. The apparatus includes a retainer channel, a support structure, and a retainer member. A portion of an outer surface of the retainer channel is disposed to at least a portion of an interior surface proximate to an aperture of the support structure. An inner surface of the retainer channel defines an interior space for receiving a mouth portion of the trash liner. One or more engaging members of the retainer channel are...